Because I want to defeat Obama. The Romney argument from day one has been 'you have to vote for Romney because he's the only one that can beat Obama'. I won't vote for Romney precisely because I know he will lose to Obama. A few examples as to why he'll lose:

Romney's positive approval rating has been 20 points below even McCain and Dole's who both ended up losing. It will probably start to rise with the end of the primary, however this is before the Obama Nasties open fire with both barrels, and Romney is a very target rich environment.

McCain lost to Obama by five million votes. The retort is 'yes but the luster is off Obama this time', true, but the luster has never been and never will be on Romney. The apathy on the right is every bit as apathetic as the apathy on the left. However in addition to apathy there is almost a disdain on the right for Romney and the GOP. Romney will lose three types of voters. 1. Unmotivated voters who won't bother to turn off 'Dancing with the Stars' to go vote. 2. Voters like myself that know Romney is a liberal and are disgusted with the dishonest corrupt campaign he and the GOP have run. 3. Voters that hate Romney so much that as soon as the word 'Romney' leaves your mouth the conversation is over. So from where is Romney going to get his votes?

Also Clinton does not even come close to Barak Obama on the socialist meter,

Depends on which Clinton you are talking about. Bill is much more the pragmatist. He leans left but ultimately will go with whatever is best for Bill. Hillary on the other hand is every bit the true believer that Obama is.

I won't vote for him because given two equall liberals (which Romney and Obama are) only one of them can deliver control of the Republican party to the left by being elected.

Thus, in a very real sense Romney is more damaging than Obama, and the people who vote for him not only deserve either one interchangably: they deserve ridicule and being linked to policies Romney has been for every time they come up, even if Romney is defeated.

I have done this on illegals and bailouts with McCainiacs, and few of them admit to having supported him today. Romney makes McCain look like Eisenhower.

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posted on 05/17/2012 8:33:15 AM PDT
by MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)

This coming election is like an IQ test. If you say, "I'm not voting for Romney" - you fail. If, after 3+ years of 0bama and his commie regime, you can't see what fate awaits America, you don't deserve to live here.

The initial premise is wrong. Romney will win in a landslide. He already leads with women and independents. This alone will cinch it. Obama’s numbers are not getting better. In every category he is trending down.

The rest is not worth reading if the first sentence is clearly incorrect.

The bent one is the most dangerous man in politics today. He is an ultra, ultra, ultra liberal, but he succeeds in convincing people he is not. Boil away all the BS and the truth comes out.

When did we have the most restrictive gun control passed in the last forty years? When did we have the largest tax increase at a time the economy was actually improving? When did Eric Holder get his start at the Justice Department? When did we just barely escape a health care fiasco that would have been worse than zerocare?

The one good thing about zero is that he is so absolutely incompetent and transparent, that his motives are obvious. Slick Willie earned that name for a reason. If he hadn't stirred up the population with gun control and there hadn't been a landslide in 1994, God help what the country would have become.

And your boy Romney is an improvement how? Weak kneed congressional Republicans will rubberstamp every Romney socialist policy that comes their way. The same policy from zero would at least get cursory resistance.

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posted on 05/17/2012 8:46:07 AM PDT
by j_tull
(Massachusetts once lead the American Revolution. Under Mitt Romney, it lead the demise.)

I would crawl over broken glass to vote AGAINST Obama! This is NOT political, this is personal! He has mocked every institution that I stand for, and he has destroyed this country’s economy and freedoms beyond recognition. And after I vote for Romney and he wins...I’ll shift my focus to Romney and start hating his ass as much as I do Obama’s now. And I can promise you I will keep pushing for a conservative in 2016. But since I’m already standing on the deck of the Titanic and the only thing left to do is rearrange deck chairs while she’s sinking...I’m doing it!!! Because standing around bitching about the iceberg is not an option for me.

Yes. Sometimes I read writing from ‘tea party’ representatives like this and wince. I realize there are a lot of people here on FR that need to get into tea party leadership role so our voices can be heard. While we are divided here on Romney, most will be voting in November to get Obama out. There are reasons not to vote for Romney, and I do my best to respect those that feel they are being principled for the long-term fight, but the reasoning from this particular writer is utterly flawed.

Oh, please, come ON. Vote for Romney if you want, but don't try to whitewash him to the point that you have to say things that aren't true. Women in Massachusetts are getting their cheap abortions today, thanks to Romney. He said that he was taught to be pro-choice by his mother, and he held a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood.

I wish the Romneybots would tell us how much better Mittens is suppose to be than the current puppet who was put forth by his party’s establishment and then rammed down our throats. Mittens used dirty tricks to get the nomination, but does not have the balls to confront the puppet over Rev. Wright, but did have the balls to try and destroy Herman Cain. No Romney and Rove will not get my vote as I am going 3rdd party and good luck with your country club blueblood!

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posted on 05/17/2012 9:07:24 AM PDT
by Trueblackman
(I would rather lose on Conservative principles than vote for a RINO candidate.)

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